Trump Administration Drops 2-Year Health AI Disclosure Rule as Hospitals Warn of Black-Box Risks
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Updated · POLITICO · Oct 28
Trump Administration Drops 2-Year Health AI Disclosure Rule as Hospitals Warn of Black-Box Risks
3 articles · Updated · POLITICO · Oct 28
Summary
HHS is scrapping a Biden-era requirement that health AI tools carry model cards — short disclosures explaining how software was built, tested and intended to be used.
The rule says the transparency mandate, in place for less than two years, showed no evidence of changing provider behavior or improving patient care, while developers called it burdensome and harmful to innovation.
Electronic health record vendors selling AI for uses such as medical imaging and blood-pressure tracking will no longer have to provide the disclosures.
Hospitals and doctors say losing one of the few formal AI standards in health care will make it harder to compare products, assess safety and decide what tools to buy.
The American Hospital Association said the move deepens the 'black box' problem around algorithms, highlighting a broader pullback from one of the few existing health AI regulations.